Translations for „journalese“ in the English » German Dictionary

jour·nal·ese [ˌʤɜ:nəˈli:z, Am ˌʤɜ:r-] N no pl pej

journalese

Pressejargon m pej

journalese

Zeitungsstil m pej

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English

To a non-speaker of journalese, that might sound exciting.

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In journalese that attitude is often described as streetwise, or combative, or aggressive.

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Journalese has become my obsession.

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I did about six chapters and it was looking really bare, almost like journalese.

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You can read his erudition on the difference between "like" and "as if", two species of journalese and how to refer to a bishop here.

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Since 2000, he and his colleagues have been teaching a machine how to get meaning from some of the densest language on the planet: medical journalese.

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Happily, journalese shows no sign of going away.

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Popular misunderstanding of the common journalese expression rioting and mayhem caused the common usual modern use of mayhem to mean havoc and disorder, often with humorous overtones: see wiktionary:mayhem.

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Medal as a verb - it's even more annoying than "stretchered off" which is sadly in common use in football journalese.

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The headline was not only journalese but wrong.

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